Conference: 2024-11-15

83 cases — 0 granted, 83 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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Case Title Lower Court Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-1120 DaBeth Manns v. U.S. Bank, N.A., as Trustee for Banc of America Funding Corporation for Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates 2007-03 District of Columbia Denied Relisted (2) civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection foreclosure-claim foreclosure-debt-claim pro-se-litigant stare-decisis Should the District of Columbia Court of Appeals decision be upheld in part or whole, reversed and/or the case remanded?
23-1210 Ana Lilia Coronado Huerta v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Sixth Circuit Denied None
23-1316 Doug Smith, et al. v. Richard Stillie, Jr., in His Official Capacity as Chair, Alaska Public Offices Commission, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (6) campaign-finance civil-rights compelled-speech disclosure-requirements first-amendment political-contributions Does Alaska's donor disclosure requirements violate the First Amendment?
23-1322 James W. Tindall v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue District of Columbia Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-record agency-record discovery judicial-precedent standard-of-review stare-decisis subject-matter-jurisdiction tax-court tax-court-review whistleblower whistleblower-claim Whether this dispute is even ripe for review by the Supreme Court
23-7484 Lorenzo M. Wilson, et ux. v. Ford Motor Company, et al. Alabama Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP arbitration civil-procedure constitutional-requirement due-process finding-of-fact finding-of-law findings-of-fact findings-of-law motion-to-compel trial-court Does the United States Constitution require the trial court to make a finding of fact and law in the granting or denying a motion to compel arbitratio…
24-114 Zebra Technologies Corporation v. Intellectual Tech LLC Federal Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) article-iii complex-contracts exclusionary-rights exclusive-licensee federal-circuit licensing-rights patent-infringement patent-standing standing patent-infringement
24-212 Lewis Archer v. America's First Federal Credit Union, et al. Alabama Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-procedure property-rights state-court-jurisdiction Whether the Alabama Supreme Court's reversal of a lower court's order granting a deed to the Archers violates their constitutional rights to due proce…
24-242 In Re Peter K. Stern Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) congressional-intent fifth-amendment judicial-bias prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the District Court lacked subject matter jurisdiction and whether prosecutorial misconduct and judicial bias warrant reversal of the petitione…
24-274 LuzMaria Arroyo v. Volvo Group North America, LLC, dba Volvo Parts North America Seventh Circuit Denied disability-rights employment-discrimination military-service reasonable-accommodation userra veterans-protection Whether the Seventh Circuit misapplied USERRA provisions and improperly relied on ADA standards in evaluating a disabled veteran's reemployment rights
24-283 Oxana N. Parikh v. Anthony G. Brown, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights-violations in-rem-jurisdiction orphans-court preclusive-effect res-judicata standing Whether it was error to give preclusive effect to an earlier in rem orphans' court Estate matter with 'special limited jurisdiction' that could not br…
24-294 Norwich Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd., et al. Federal Circuit Denied fda-approval generic-drugs hatch-waxman-act injunctive-relief patent-law statutory-interpretation Whether 35 U.S.C. § 271(e)(4)(A) requires courts to issue overly broad injunctive orders that delay FDA approval of generic drug applications beyond t…
24-313 Christine A. Arakelian v. City of Falls Church, Virginia, et al. Virginia Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment comity-doctrine due-process jurisdictional-challenge section-1983 tax-injunction-act Whether the Supreme Court of Virginia erred in dismissing Petitioner's appeal for procedural reasons despite alleged constitutional due process violat…
24-314 Paul Siladi v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company Connecticut Denied Response Waived appellate-review constitutional-rights due-process foreclosure judicial-procedure procedural-due-process Whether the Connecticut Supreme Court's denial of Petitioner's appeal petition violates due process rights under the 5th and 14th Amendments by uphold…
24-322 Kristin Bausch v. Jacob Frost, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived accardi-doctrine agency-regulations appellate-procedure due-process subject-matter-jurisdiction turner-rogers-hearing Whether the Seventh Circuit lacked subject matter jurisdiction due to failure to conduct a mandatory Turner v. Rogers hearing and potential due proces…
24-340 Jane Doe, on Behalf of Herself and Her Minor Child, Sarah Doe v. Franklin Square Union Free School District Second Circuit Denied Response Waived bodily-autonomy experimental-treatment fundamental-rights medical-intervention public-health strict-scrutiny Whether a child has a fundamental right to refuse an experimental medical intervention that places her at serious risk of harm, and whether strict scr…
24-342 Shiva Ayyadurai v. New Jersey Democratic State Committee, et al. New Jersey Denied Response Waived ballot-access citizenship-clause equal-protection first-amendment fourteenth-amendment presidential-qualifications Whether states can unilaterally remove a presidential candidate from the ballot based on 'natural born' citizenship requirements without congressional…
24-343 Robert H. Aland v. Department of the Interior, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-law article-iii-standing declaratory-judgment-act federal-agency-appointment statutory-qualifications subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether a federal district court has standing and subject matter jurisdiction to hear a challenge to a federal agency director's appointment that alle…
24-347 Argonaut-Midwest Insurance Company, dba Argo Group v. Koppers Performance Chemicals, Inc., fka Osmose Wood Preserving Co. of America, Inc., fka Osmose Wood Preserving Inc., fka Osmose, Inc. Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived circuit-court-review complaint-allegation-rule duty-to-defend insurance-law named-insured policy-interpretation Did the Fourth Circuit err in creating an exception to Hawaii's complaint allegation rule and finding an ambiguity in insurance policy language?
24-348 Pamela D. Sutherland v. DCC Litigation Facility, Inc. Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived bankruptcy-settlement breast-implant-claims constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection payment-dispute Whether a bankruptcy settlement involving Dow's $3.2 billion payment for breast implant claims violates due process and constitutional protections
24-358 Faresha Sims v. University of Maryland Medical System Corporation, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived appellate-review civil-procedure federal-rules jury-trial seventh-amendment summary-judgment Whether federal district courts have discretion to grant summary judgment when material facts are disputed or when grounds not raised by the movant ar…
24-377 South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism v. Google LLC Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived circuit-split federalism sovereign-immunity state-agency state-law waiver-doctrine Whether state law can limit the power of one state agency to waive the sovereign immunity of another
24-385 Carlos A. Alonso Cano, et al. v. 245 C & C, LLC, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived attorney-fees canon-of-judicial-conduct fair-housing-act fraud-allegations judicial-sanctions procedural-errors Whether the Court of Appeals erred in imposing sanctions without demonstrating frivolous claims and in denying motions to investigate alleged fraud in…
24-412 George Kralik v. New York City Department of Housing Preservation & Development, et al. New York Denied Response Waived administrative-law administrative-procedure agency-action due-process statutory-interpretation tenant-rights Whether an administrative agency's prolonged inaction and failure to provide a hearing on a tenant's succession application violates due process right…
24-44 West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission v. B. P. J., By Her Next Friend and Mother, Heather Jackson, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Amici (2)Response Waived brentwood-academy-v-tennessee-ssaa entwinement-test federal-funding legal-duties peltier-v-charter-day-school private-organization smith-v-ncaa state-actor state-actor-doctrine title-ix What are the indicia of 'state actor'? And do they include action, entwinement and controlling authority?
24-447 Mei Wong, et al. v. Shemia Fagan, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived due-process election-fraud election-integrity equal-protection judicial-review sovereign-immunity Whether fraud in the 2022 Oregon Primary Elections invalidates the election results and judicial rulings despite defendants' claims of sovereign immun…
24-455 Nnabugwu Eze v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived business-expenses cohen-rule notice-of-deficiency record-keeping statutory-interpretation tax-jurisdiction Did the Tax Court lack jurisdiction due to improper notice of deficiency and fail to appropriately apply the Cohen rule for estimating business expens…
24-47 Return Mail, Inc. v. United States Federal Circuit Denied 35-usc-101 abstract-idea alice-corporation-v-cls-bank innovation judicial-interpretation patent patent-eligibility patent-law return-mail-inc-v-united-states-postal-service section-101 Whether the claimed invention is ineligible for patent protection under the abstract-idea exception to 35 U.S.C. §101
24-5076 Chi Meng Yang v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied IFP 18-U.S.C.-666 bribery certiorari-review federal-state-cooperation harmless-error joint-operations public-authority-defense statutory-interpretation United-States-v.-Snyder Whether the Ninth Circuit's harmless error holding was based on an interpretation of 18-U.S.C.-666 that was subsequently narrowed by the Supreme Court…
24-5092 Moises Orlando Zelaya-Veliz, Jose Eliezar Molina-Veliz, Luis Alberto Gonzales, Gilberto Morales, and Jonathan Rafael Zelaya-Veliz v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied IFP digital-privacy facebook-data fourth-amendment government-scrutiny probable-cause search-and-seizure search-warrant social-media temporal-limitation warrant Does the Fourth Amendment prohibit the issuance of apparent 'all-data' warrants for Facebook accounts without any temporal limitation or for a period …
24-5107 Myron Motley v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied IFP 4th-amendment fourth-amendment jurisdictional-split law-enforcement medical-records prescription-data prescription-drugs privacy privacy-expectation search-and-seizure Whether patients hold a reasonable expectation of privacy under the Fourth Amendment in prescription medication records
24-5148 Alexander Harvin v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP access-to-courts assignment-of-security-deed civil-rights-violation due-process equal-protection foreclosure-challenge pro-se-litigation res-judicata standing Could the Petitioner have raised the issue of wrongful/illegal foreclosure in the 2014 court proceedings?
24-5160 Duane Leo Ehmer, Darryl William Thorn, and Jake Ryan v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution ex-parte jury-selection jury-trial petty-offenses presley-v-georgia sixth-amendment structural-error sua-sponte Whether the district court's sua sponte, ex parte, and case-specific excusal of trial jurors for cause constituted reversible structural error?
24-5177 Margaret M. Reed v. Department of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-procedure agency-policy civil-rights due-process federal-code-of-ethics federal-ethics personnel-actions retaliation whistleblower-protection Whistleblower-protection-act
24-5218 Martin Akerman v. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Seventh Circuit Dismissed Relisted (3)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process financial-disadvantage first-amendment indigence judicial-review standing Question not identified
24-5326 Thomas E. Knuff, Jr. v. Ohio Ohio Denied IFP capital-defendant criminal-acts due-process improper-joinder jury-verdict prosecutorial-misconduct Does the admission of improper and prejudicial evidence of other criminal acts by way of improper joinder violate a capital defendant's right to due p…
24-5382 Michael Dale Iervolino v. Alabama Alabama Denied Relisted (3)IFP capital-case change-of-venue constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial media-prejudice Whether the Alabama courts' refusal to change venue in a capital case involving the District Attorney's son and extensive prejudicial media coverage v…
24-5525 Walter L. Allen v. Civil Rights Coordinator, et al. Second Circuit Denied IFP constitutional-law statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
24-5539 Muna Malvin Whitfield v. Fredericka F. Whitfield, et al. District of Columbia Denied IFP due-process estate-litigation fiduciary-duty personal-jurisdiction statute-of-limitations subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the Appellate Court violated due process by dismissing the complaint and overlooking critical factual allegations related to the decedent's es…
24-5542 Timothy Allen Honea v. Fred Webb, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-review court-jurisdiction judicial-procedure legal-documents service-of-process writ-of-certiorari Whether the United States Court of Appeals improperly denied a petition for writ of certiorari related to judicial procedure and service of legal docu…
24-5551 Samuel Arnold v. Georgia Georgia Denied IFP constitutional-rights habeas-corpus legal-representation prisoner-rights pro-se procedural-error Whether a pro se prisoner's petition was improperly denied due to procedural errors and lack of proper legal representation
24-5552 Roy Dean Harjo v. Oklahoma Oklahoma Denied IFP court-review evidence-distortion jurisdiction legal-standing petition-claims procedural-irregularity Whether the Petition Court has jurisdiction to review the Petition's claims of distorted evidence and procedural irregularities
24-5554 Harry Lee Goldsboro v. Florida Florida Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-counsel judicial-review procedural-error Whether the Court of Appeals erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims of due process violations and ineffective assistance of counsel when the lowe…
24-5563 Eloy Vela, Jr. v. Texas Texas Denied IFP 14th-amendment due-process equal-protection mitigating-factors newly-discovered-evidence post-conviction Whether newly discovered evidence containing both mitigating and aggravating factors can be simply concluded in state post-conviction proceedings with…
24-5567 David Lee Smith v. North Carolina North Carolina Dismissed IFP constitutional-act criminal-statutes due-process general-assembly repeat-offenders state-court-jurisdiction Whether the North Carolina General Assembly's act of assembling criminal statutes into law conflicts with state court jurisdiction and due process for…
24-5569 Barbara Martin v. New Jersey New Jersey Denied IFP None Question not identified.
24-5571 Bakari Abdul Brown v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure felony-conviction ineffective-assistance stipulation Whether a circuit split exists regarding the ineffective assistance of counsel standard for stipulating to a defendant's prior felony conviction
24-5575 Elton Whittle v. Ohio Ohio Denied IFP None Question not identified.
24-5585 Harry Sharod James-El v. Eddie M. Buffaloe, Jr., Secretary, North Carolina Department of Public Safety Fourth Circuit Denied IFP None Question not identified.
24-5587 Clayton Cornelius Reynolds v. Texas Texas Denied IFP constitutional-review criminal-procedure habeas-corpus ninth-circuit post-conviction-relief state-court-review Whether the Ninth Circuit improperly applied constitutional standards in reviewing a state court's denial of a criminal defendant's post-conviction re…
24-5590 Benjamin Boston v. Melody Maddox, Sheriff Georgia Denied IFP None Question not identified.
24-5593 Otis Brandon v. Janssen Pharmaceuticals, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied IFP drug-labeling fda-citations judicial-review medical-liability mental-capacity pharmaceutical-misconduct Did the lower courts fail to properly consider evidence of pharmaceutical misconduct and misrepresentation in cases against Janssen and Johnson & John…
24-5598 Robert Norman Smithback v. Texas Texas Dismissed IFP None Question not identified.
24-5605 In Re Shannon Clark Denied IFP all-writs-act constitutional-interpretation equitable-remedy federal-court-procedure judicial-power mandamus Whether the All Writs Act empowers the Supreme Court to issue a mandamus order compelling a federal court clerk to fulfill his duty
24-5627 Ava Electris Cannie v. Jacksonville Golf & Country Club Property Owners Association, Inc., et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP board-governance constitutional-compliance homeowners-association property-rights resident-protection state-regulation Should Homeowners Associations be subject to quarterly state regulation to prevent board abuse and ensure proper property management?
24-5633 Aaron Abadi v. Target Corporation Third Circuit Dismissed Response WaivedIFP americans-with-disabilities-act cdc-guidance covid-19-pandemic direct-threat individualized-assessment public-accommodation Can a public accommodation categorically rely on CDC guidance to label an individual with a disability who cannot wear a mask as a 'direct threat,' th…
24-5654 Vincent L. Hepburn v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP damages-claim establishment-clause federal-tort-claims-act first-amendment official-capacity religious-freedom Whether federal employees can be held liable under the Federal Tort Claims Act for alleged Establishment Clause violations related to religious promot…
24-5711 Jesse Regalado v. Town of Trion, Georgia, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP contract-rights copyright-law eminent-domain federal-rules governmental-immunity judicial-procedure Whether federal rules 60(b) and 60(d)(3) protect petitioners from fraudulent judgments and whether the government can deny citizens contracts and use …
24-5741 Wanda Nelson v. Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office, et al. California Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection governmental-immunity law-enforcement racial-discrimination Whether California Government Code §821.6 violates Equal Protection and Due Process rights by providing absolute immunity to law enforcement personnel…
24-5748 LaVanzel Kerr v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP affirmative-defense constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure firearms-statute sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation May a district court apply a U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(b)(6) enhancement without resolving a defendant's affirmative defense claim, and is 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) u…
24-5750 Jeremy James Dalton v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None Question not identified.
24-5757 Damian Cortez v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split fourth-amendment franks-hearing offer-of-proof probable-cause search-warrant Whether a circuit split exists regarding the standard for presenting an offer of proof under Franks v. Delaware and the Fourth Amendment requirements …
24-5761 Jamie Christopher Henderson v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP corroboration criminal-charge drug-trafficking-conspiracy independent-evidence law-enforcement-statement search-warrant Did the Government prove a drug trafficking conspiracy where the evidence the Government offered to corroborate the defendant's statement to law enfor…
24-5762 Angel Ayala-Vazquez v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review concepcion-precedent first-step-act sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the First Circuit improperly refused to grant a sentence reduction under the First Step Act and failed to apply Concepcion v. United States pr…
24-5763 David Earl Boyd v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography commerce-clause congressional-power federal-prosecution interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §§ 2251 and 2252A exceed Congressional commerce authority in authorizing conviction based only upon proof that materials used to pro…
24-5765 Robert Lance Walker v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review court-of-appeals evidence-sufficiency judicial-interpretation legal-precedent standard-of-review Whether the court of appeals misapplied well established precedent when determining sufficiency of the evidence presented
24-5766 Gilberto Nicolas Campos v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law equal-protection immigration-law legislative-intent racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
24-5767 Edgar Hernandez Lemus, aka Edgar Hernanez Lemus, and Junior Almendarez Martinez v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-intent felony-proceeds interstate-commerce mens-rea ransom-demand statutory-interpretation Whether the government must prove a defendant's specific knowledge of the predicate felony offense when prosecuting a charge of receiving unlawfully o…
24-5777 Daniel Loren Jenkins v. Erin Reyes, Superintendent, Two Rivers Correctional Institution Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-client-privilege confidentiality constitutional-rights criminal-procedure effective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment Whether Supreme Court precedent establishes an exception to attorney-client confidentiality privilege when defense counsel determines a need to disclo…
24-5778 Akmal Narzikulov v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process fifth-amendment jury-reliability perjury reasonable-doubt witness-testimony Whether government witnesses committed perjury during trial that was so inherently contradictory and unreliable that no reasonable jury could conclude…
24-5783 Genaro Alberto Nunez Ugarte v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law certiorari constitutional-interpretation judicial-precedent legal-standard supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
24-5790 Inmer Isai Mayorga-Jacinto v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law equal-protection immigration-law legislative-intent racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
24-5792 Mark A. Whitworth v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure for-cause-strike judicial-discretion jury-selection trial-fairness venireperson-bias Should a criminal defendant be required to prove prejudice when a federal district court erroneously strikes a potential juror for cause based on her …
24-5795 Carl Langston v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-law felon-in-possession firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether the Petitioner's conviction for unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment where th…
24-58 Lisa Gindi v. New York City Department of Education Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) ada ada-violation civil-rights eeoc eeoc-retaliation employment-discrimination plain-error retaliation state-law timeliness whistleblower-protection workers-compensation workplace-harassment wrongful-termination Question not identified
24-5800 Sherman Brown v. Kevin McCoy, Warden Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-claim dna-evidence gateway-innocence habeas-corpus reasonable-doubt scientific-testimony Whether a reasonable jurist could debate the district court's dismissal of a 'gateway innocence' claim based on new exculpatory evidence and scientifi…
24-5801 In Re Frank Edwin Pate Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-procedure search-warrant Can lower courts delay and deny access to Habeas Corpus while maintaining Constitutional adherence?
24-5811 In Re Jeremy Edwards Denied IFP amendment-rights constitutional-violation due-process federal-preemption liberty-interest state-jurisdiction Why did the state of Louisiana violate the 13th and 14th Amendments and Article I, Section 10 of the U.S. Constitution?
24-5818 In Re Lemerick Christopher Denied IFP 13th-amendment 14th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process federal-status state-jurisdiction Question not identified.
24-5821 In Re Gregory K. Clinton Denied IFP None Question not identified.
24-5826 In Re Daniel Laurel Denied IFP article-iii-jurisdiction constitutional-violations criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-standing Whether lower courts can deny habeas corpus access, proceed without proper affidavits, and maintain Article III jurisdiction despite jury acquittal
24-5833 Douglas Fauconier v. Virginia Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment parole-eligibility section-1983 strict-scrutiny Whether the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments' Due Process Clauses require strict scrutiny review of a state statute amendment affecting parole eligibil…
24M37 Deborah A. Lonzer v. Keybank National Association Ohio Presumed Complete None
24M38 Maribel Bernal v. Macy's Florida/Sedgwick CMS Florida Presumed Complete None